Gambling with your health

The exercise and leisure industry fall into the same category as gambling services and holiday resorts. Buying a gym membership or sporting equipment involves putting your money into an industry where the returns are random and inconsistent.

Everybody who has invested their money in a holiday or at a casino has received something in return from the experience, even if it is a fungal infection from the communal pool, lost luggage or an overdraft. The returns are not always predictable, but there is always something gained from the experience of a vacation or visiting the gym.

Most people who purchase gym contracts, rarely use the facility. Large sums of money are invested in other people’s sweat. Similar to gambling, money is invested to another person’s advantage. The coins that are dropped in a slot machine can either fill the machine or result in a payout in a casino, but results are more predictable when it comes to exercise. Regular exercise leads to less stress with fewer health concerns and weight problems. The results are guaranteed if the rules are obeyed.

Putting food in your mouth forms part of daily survival. The returns look the same when exiting the body whether we deposited a balanced meal or chocolate. The shape and bulges of our human machine is mostly determined by the deposits. Too many deposits of fast food leads to returns of cancer, obesity, diabetes and self-image problems. Gambling with our health is a sobering thought when the lifestyle diseases start showing their symptoms of high blood pressure, stress and cholesterol.

It is time to move the focus (and budget) away from the luxuries of restaurants, resorts and pubs. Barbells should be more important than chocolate bars and sports bars where alcohol and pub grub are served. Cardiovascular exercise involves more endurance than walking to a counter instead of going via the drive-through area. Aerobic exercise burns kilojoules and resistance training speeds up metabolism. This increases the rate at which the coins pass through the conditioned machine by increasing the internal efficiency.

Gambling with your heart could lead to early death, high medical bills and limiting lifestyle if you decide to remain sedentary. There is nothing relaxing about incorrect investment in the leisure industry.